English - Etymology

Which the Definition/Meaning of strengthful in categoryENGLISH - ADJECTIVE

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English - Adjective

STRENGTHFUL (_comparative_ MORE STRENGTHFUL, _superlative_ MOST STRENGTHFUL)
* (archaic) Full of strength; strong; having strength; powerful.
* 1909, Marshall Pinckney Wilder, _The ten books of the merrymakers_:
_I couldn't bring myself to say 'No, Ethelinda, I can not be yours because my heart is set on a STRENGTHFUL damsel with raven locks and eyes of coal, with lips a shade less cherry than thine, and a cheek more like the apple than the peach, [...]'_
* 1913, Philo Adams Otis, _The First Presbyterian church, 1833-1913_:
_But they were both fervent and sincere and breathed of a hopeful, a STRENGTHFUL, and a trustful spirit._
* 1917, George Washington Truett, James Britton Cranfill, _A Quest for Souls_:
_The longer that sin is indulged, the mightier, the more STRENGTHFUL, the more binding does it become in a human life._
DERIVED TERMS
* strengthfulness
ANTONYMS
* strengthless